Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 280 Weird Japanese pirates invade the border!I don’t care how many foreigners die!
Chapter 280 Weird Japanese pirates invade the border!I don’t care how many foreigners die! (1.3)
The imperial edict reached Shandong.
At the same time, new artillery was delivered to equip the warships.
The Ordnance Bureau can be said to be the most mysterious department of the Ming Dynasty. The garrison troops were temporarily drawn from the various armies in the Beijing camp and were constantly rotated. Soldiers and craftsmen were not allowed to talk to each other, and the highest level of confidentiality was enforced.
In fact, there are only a few important officials in the court who have ever entered the Arms Bureau.
Two years after the Ordnance Bureau was established, the emperor invested millions of taels of silver and inestimable materials. He also gave all the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau their status as craftsmen and allowed one of his sons to enter the Imperial Academy.
It can be said that it is taken seriously.
As for the effectiveness, only the emperor himself knows.
The new artillery was loaded from the capital, escorted by the canal guard army, disembarked in Ye County, Laizhou Prefecture, and handed over to Xiang Zhong.
There are also craftsmen from the Ordnance Bureau who personally debug and equip the warships and teach the navy how to use them.
Bang bang bang!
Cannonballs exploded on the sea.
Instead of the solid bullets used in the past, blooming bullets were used.
Because the explosive bullet is a hollow iron ball filled with gunpowder and a reed is used as a twister. If it is used on water, it will be ineffective if water enters it.
The Ordnance Bureau made improvements, turning the iron ball into a sealed one, igniting the fireball in the barrel first, then igniting the cannon, and firing it out with the cannon, so that it can explode on the water.
Xiang Zhong's eyes flashed with excitement: "Is this an artillery piece invented by the Ordnance Bureau?"
The craftsman's name was Shi Wu, and he said with an amused smile: "No, it's a dismantling of the Fo Lang machine cannon. After it was copied by the Ordnance Bureau, it was improved. The rifling of the cannon is shorter, and it will become inaccurate if it is used too many times, and it cannot be connected continuously." Our Ordnance Bureau has changed the internal structure so that it can fire continuously, but it has increased the weight of the artillery..."
Although Xiang Zhong didn't quite understand, he still nodded.
"Sir, when you use it, you must remember that we have thickened the barrel. After firing a round of artillery, the barrel must be cooled down quickly, otherwise the barrel will be distorted, or even crack or explode. The thickness of the barrel The speed has reached its maximum, if it is any thicker, it will not be launched."
Shi Wu said seriously: "You can only fire continuously after the temperature has cooled down. Our Ordnance Bureau has practiced and can deploy even numbers of artillery. One shot to cool down, the other to fire..."
He explained the tactics to Xiang Zhong in detail.
Xiang Zhong also noticed that the medium-sized warships were equipped with four cannons, while the cannons carried by small warships were different from these. They were old-fashioned cannons.
The emperor specially approved a thousand new artillery pieces, and sent them to the garrison stations along the coast of Shandong Province.
There are also a thousand old-fashioned artillery pieces, mostly equipped on small warships.
Except for artillery.
There is also a new type of musket called a musket, which is actually a matchlock gun.
This is also made based on the Fo Lang machine gun.
Xiang Zhong holds the gun with one hand, holds the handle with the other, puts his finger on the trigger, and gently pulls the trigger to fire the lead.
"This gun is also used by the Folangji people?" Xiang Zhong is not a rough guy.
He was born as a legitimate Jinshi. He was a Jinshi for seven years and left the post of deputy envoy and patrol envoy to Guangdong.
His experience is also quite legendary. He was captured during the Tumubao Incident and escaped after stealing a horse. He walked for seven days and nights before escaping back to Xuanfu.
The emperor was very discerning and promoted him exceptionally, which aroused opposition from the court at that time.
As a result, Xiang Zhong used his political achievements to tell everyone that he was capable of both civil and military affairs and had the qualifications to be a famous commander.
"Sir, it is true that it was adapted from the Folang machine gun, but the fire gun made by the Ordnance Bureau is more sophisticated and has a higher hit rate; and, look at this lead, our lead can be used in humid environments. "
Shi Wu took a piece of lead, spit it out, then loaded it in and shot it directly.
"Isn't this meant for water battles?" Xiang Zhong's eyes lit up.
"That's right, our blunderbuss is heavier and more powerful than the Folan blunderbuss, and it's easier to load matchlocks. Look at this ammunition bag..."
Shi Wu took out a gauze sewn with cloth and put it on his shoulders. There were places for lead on the front and back.
"Hang it on the soldier, and after the shot is fired, you can step back and reload it yourself."
"You can carry lead with you and it doesn't take up much space."
"The fire cannons of our Ordnance Bureau are more powerful than the Fo Lang machine fire cannons."
Shi Wu looked proud.
Xiang Zhong could see that Shi Wu was not afraid of officials, and even had an indescribable sense of superiority.
Xiang Zhong doesn't care about these things, as long as the guns and artillery are easy to use.
Xiang Zhong asked his soldiers to try their guns.
Guns are good, but the problem is that they are given less.
The emperor only gave two thousand bird guns, and the old gun gave him ten thousand, each with one hundred lead pieces.
After Xiang Zhong tried the gun, he was reluctant to part with it, so he simply kept one for himself.
He asked the emperor to write a secret memorandum, and begged the emperor to allocate more, and it would be better to add a batch of lead.
So if the Folangji firearm is so powerful, is it possible to attack the Ming Dynasty?
The imperial court should exchange trade with Folangji and send envoys to Folangji to learn firearms.
Xiang Zhong wrote all his doubts into a memorial and submitted it.
Another emperor would not read these secret memorials.
But Zhu Qiyu not only knew how to read it, he also read it very carefully. He would echo each letter in his own hand.
Zhu Ying took charge of Jinan Prefecture, while Xiang Zhong organized troops in Laizhou Prefecture.
Xiang Zhong has two armies, Beiwei Army and Jing Haijun. He can be said to be the No. 1 in the dynasty and is in charge of both armies.
He has already informed the Central Committee, asking the Central Committee to choose another person to take charge of the Beiwei Army.
Waiting for approval from the center.
He estimated that the emperor should hesitate whether he should be in charge of the army or the navy, so he did not issue an imperial edict for a long time.
The Beiwei army was controlled by civilian officials, so he guessed that when the emperor sent someone, he also sent Zhang Gu.
Zhang Gu is an old man, steady and good at commanding troops.
In fact, Xiang Zhong was also thinking about whether he should be a famous general or a famous minister?
If you want to be a famous general, should you develop in the direction of foot riding?Or become a famous navy general?
The Ming Dynasty was short of naval generals and had many famous generals on foot and cavalry. Xiang Zhong could not enter the Wenwu Temple on foot and cavalry.
The emperor asked Zheng He to enter the Martial Arts Temple, making it clear that he wanted to develop the navy.
Xiang Zhong is good at everything, so it's fine to let him control the navy. With his great skills in the navy, he can enter the martial arts temple.
When Xiang Zhong was thinking about the future.
Zhu Ying, governor of Shandong.
At this moment, the refugees are not settled in Jinan Prefecture, but in Qingzhou Prefecture.
Shandong has the largest number of refugees.
Since he supervised Shandong, he has carried out continuous suppression and pacification. So far, 140 million refugees have been resettled and 30 have been sent to Rehe.
At the beginning of this year, the capital gradually immigrated to Shandong from Beizhili, and successively resettled about 40 people.
Today, the number of people registered in Dingkou in Shandong has reached 400 million.
After allocating acres of land, the Chief Secretary of Shandong built a large number of houses and gave them to the refugees, as well as seeds and farm tools, all funded by the central government and given to the refugees.
Immigrants were given more land and seeds.
The local original people will be exempted from taxes for an additional three years, which is equivalent to the original people being exempted from taxes for six years.
The thieves, bandits, and robbers scattered throughout Shandong were all wiped out by Xiang Zhong. Anyone who committed a crime in the local area would be imprisoned in the light case and exiled in the serious case.
In the second half of this year, Shandong has reached the point where households are not closed at night.
Zhu Ying sent memorials one after another to the central government and received constant praise from the emperor.
With this political achievement, he can jump into the cabinet.
however.
He is not without means.
It is almost impossible to stay open at night, but Shandong really did it.
Because Zhu Ying enforced the law on fishing, local officials were allowed to fish.
Even for the sake of immigration, people from all over the country reported false cases, and the government wanted to arrest them. When the arrests were severe, those who looked like thieves were exiled to Rehe.
So the people were frightened.
You don’t even dare to walk on the street. How can you dare to steal things?
Zhu Ying even secretly ordered people not to close their doors and wait for thieves to steal or robbers to come, but in the end no one was caught.
It has become a land of peach blossoms in Shandong that never closes its doors at night.
Zhu Ying's methods were used in many places. The central government turned a blind eye and even the emperor commended Zhu Ying, which also encouraged the whole country to follow Zhu Ying's example.
Although Zhu Ying practiced strict laws, he would do anything to achieve his goals.
But when he divided the land, he won the hearts of Shandong people.
He divided the land, not based on head, mechanically dividing the land equally.
Instead, after measuring all the land, based on the current population, we can calculate how many children will be born in the future and how many children can be fed by how much land.
How many children can the next generation have? Taking all factors into account, we can calculate the total population that Shandong can accommodate.
This is how the land is divided.
For example: A man will marry a wife and have children in the future. He will give birth to three sons and three daughters, which is a family of eight.
He wanted to divide the land according to eight people.
These eight people, the mother, and the three girls do not need to occupy the land, because the girls do not take the land with them when they marry.
After the father died, it became three brothers, sharing the land for a family of eight. Even if productivity increased, the three brothers could only get enough land to marry and have one child.
According to Zhu Ying's statistics, based on current productivity, Shandong can accommodate a maximum population of 1000 million.
400 million people, the next generation will exceed 1000 million.
Nowadays, land abandonment is serious, and it will take several years to cultivate and cultivate the land, so Zhu Ying gave one person the land in one go and divided the land among nine people.
Women do not distinguish between places.
There are about 160 million men in Shandong.
The land divided among nine people is just over 1000 million.
It can alleviate land pressure within 20 years.
After the population surges, the court will either increase productivity or find ways to immigrate.
This is not Zhu Ying's business.
As for land annexation and natural disasters, Zhu Ying has nothing to do with him.
Zhu Ying just wants his current political achievements.
To this end, he also wrote a memorial to request the central government's permission, which aroused heated discussions in the Fengtian Palace. The approval and opposition discussions were very intense. In the end, the emperor made the decision to let Zhu Ying's land division method be implemented nationwide.
Everyone in Shandong was naturally grateful for Zhu Ying's favor.
Shandong's great governance is only a matter of time.
The artillery coming out of the capital still has a way to go to Fuzhou, Liaoning.
Liang Yue has been in Fuzhou for more than a year.
The Fuzhou Shipyard has been built. He trains the navy every day, and some naval tactics are sent to him from the center.
He studies every day. Although he is not a naval general, he has adapted to the wind and waves on the sea.
Liang Yue is a smart man, he knows how to transform.
Based on the current situation in the court, military commanders will have three forms in the future:
One is the cavalry commander, heading west.
The second is the southern general, who uses natives to fight mountain warfare and expand territory in the direction of Annan.
The third is the navy, exploring further places.
Liang Yue believed that as a cavalry general, he was not as good as Fan Guang, Wang Yue, Yang Xin, Li Jin and others, and as a southern general, he was not as good as Fang Ying, Ou Xin, Tao Cheng and others.
The Ming Dynasty is most in need of naval officers. If he becomes a naval general instead, his future prospects will definitely be brighter. It is impossible to say that he will be honored as a prince and enter the martial arts temple!
Now, the only channel that connects Liang Yue to the outside world is Di Bao.
All the newspapers issued by the capital would be delivered on time. He read the newspapers every day to pass the time. He also set up a printing factory in the shipyard, where he printed the newspapers of the capital and sold them to shipwrights and soldiers to make a little money.
The imperial edict came from the capital, and at the same time a batch of artillery arrived in Fuzhou.
Liang Yue moved his body: "Your Majesty, has he finally remembered Wei Chen? Since he wants to be a general, he must fight well and let the center see what I, Liang Yue, am capable of!"
He received news that Xiang Zhong had led his fleet to sail across the Bohai Sea from Laizhou to Fuzhou.
And in the Yangxin Hall.
Zhu Qiyu is summoning Chen You.
"Old general, I once promised you that you would personally lead the troops to regain your hometown. After you succeed, I will give you a knighthood!"
Zhu Qiyu looked at the gray-haired Chen You, feeling a little anxious in his heart.
After the death of this generation of famous generals, will there be any famous generals in the Ming Dynasty?
Famous generals like Chen You.
In the Yongle Dynasty, he was not ranked at all, but he lived long enough to become a famous general in the Jingtai Dynasty.
Compared with the famous generals who founded the country, they are at best unknown.
But what about after Jingtai Dynasty?
Yu Qian and Fan Guang are dead, who can take their place?
So Zhu Qiyu was worried. Without a famous general to lead the army, how could he ensure victory in every battle?How can we expand our territory?
"Old minister, thank you for your kindness!" Chen You had tears in his eyes.
Since he was ordered back to the capital last year, he has been in the martial arts hall. Although he served as the governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, it was just a passing thing. Only the title can be passed down.
He has been waiting.
But there are too many things to do in the court, and the Western Region is too far away. When will it be his turn to lead the army on an expedition?
Unfortunately, due to food problems, he was unable to conquer Ulliangha this year, which gave him the opportunity to annex Hami.
His eyes flickered. He only annexed one Hami, and it was impossible to become a marquis!
He is not willing to accept the title of Uncle!
None of his descendants are successful, and the mere position of earl cannot make his family rich forever. He must find a way out for his descendants at the end of his life.
Become a Marquis!I also want to be granted the title of Shihou!
It's his obsession!
After annexing Hami, he wants to destroy another country, annex Turpan, and even attack Yili with force!
Also within reach is the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!
If you destroy two kingdoms, you will be granted a title of prince. If you destroy three kingdoms, you will definitely be promoted to the throne!
If he could open up new territories for the Ming Dynasty, he would have no regrets for the rest of his life!
"I promise to annex Hami and Turpan before the freeze this year!" Chen You did not dare to make decisions without authorization. He needed His Majesty's support.
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "At the court meeting, we only said that Hami would be annexed. We should be gentle with Hami first, and then annex Turpan."
"His Majesty!"
Chen You knelt on the ground: "Although Hami is rich, it is weak. The domestic forces are complex and on the verge of disintegration. If the Ming Dynasty wants to annex Hami, it can only send an envoy and there is no need to mobilize an army!"
"And Turpan is the throat of the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions."
"The old minister was studying Chen Cheng's Western Regions in the lecture hall every day, and learned that the internal power struggle in Turpan was getting fierce. It was also ravaged by the Oara and Timur cavalry, which showed that Turpan had no soldiers to fight."
"I only need [-] cavalry and three months of food to annex Hami and Turpan."
"I am willing to expand our territory thousands of miles for the Ming Dynasty!"
Chen You kowtowed respectfully.
Yes, Hami and Turpan are both weak countries.
Except for Daming, everyone else bullies them. They used to bully Daming. They were really bullied by the soft and scared by the hard.
It was back to the time of their demise.
Zhu Qiyu did not expect that Chen You wanted to become a marquis.
It is understandable that the descendants of the Chen family have no talents. His son Chen Neng, who is nearly fifty years old, cannot do anything in literature or military affairs.
The eldest grandson, Chen Gang, is also a drunkard.
If Chen You doesn't work hard, his family will soon be abandoned by Ming Dynasty.
Look at those Xunchen families who have lost their pillars. The emperor simply ignores them. Without the Sacred Heart, life is not smooth. How can we talk about wealth?
"The old general has such ambitions, I agree with him!"
Zhu Qiyu said: "But don't force it. The main thing is to preserve strength. The country can only annex Hami. Turpan is just the fat on the lips of the country. It can be eaten sooner or later. There is no need to rush."
Thank you Chen respectfully.
"Get up."
Zhu Qiyu said: "In this battle, you are the main one and Kou Shen is the secondary one."
"Remember, it is not easy to train Ming cavalry. The lives of our Ming army are very precious and cannot be wasted casually. We can learn the Mongolian siege method."
Chen You's pupils shrank.
When the Mongols attacked a city, they first robbed the nearby people and kept the goods for themselves, then drove the people to attack the city and consumed the defenders' siege equipment. When the enemy's morale was about to collapse, they rushed into the city and massacred it.
"Do you understand?" Zhu Qiyu stared at him and asked.
Chen You is a veteran leader of the army, but this kind of strategy is not to regain his homeland, but to sow the seeds of hatred!
"Chen You."
Zhu Qiyu said in a deep tone: "Do you know how much it costs me to train a soldier?"
"The annual cost of food and clothing is 6 taels of silver, and the equipment is 40 taels of silver. Because it is a recruitment system, when the soldiers retire, they will also be rewarded with a sum of retirement money."
"It's a full budget. It will cost me 110 taels of silver in ten years."
"Besides, this is an infantry, what about cavalry? Five times more!"
"The Ming Dynasty has 200 million soldiers! More than [-] cavalry!"
"How much money do you think I need to spend?"
"If one person dies, I will pay 550 taels of silver."
"Not talking about money, how do you want me to explain to their families?"
"When a soldier dies, the Ming Dynasty will have a widow, a family will be missing a father, and the people will be missing a labor force."
"How should I have the face to treat these orphans and widowed mothers!"
Zhu Qiyu said: "I did not send you to go out to fight to be benevolent. Your military exploits must not be trampled on my soldiers!"
"Otherwise, I will chop off your dog's head!"
Pfft!
Chen You was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "I know my mistake, I know my mistake!"
In a daze, he seemed to see the fierce Emperor Taizong.
But Emperor Taizong only cared about merit and not about human lives.
Emperor Jingtai didn't care about human lives either, but he didn't care about the lives of foreigners.
"I don't care how many people die in Hami and Turpan."
"I don't care how much money you robbed."
"But my soldiers are dead, and I can't explain it to the people in the world!"
Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "Although I have never led an army in battle, I am familiar with the art of war."
"On the battlefield, only your own people are the most reliable. In Hami and Turpan, you have no supplies in the rear, and you only rely on the [-] Han people in your hands!"
"They are your roots. If one of them dies, you will be in even greater danger outside the territory."
"Take them away and bring them back to me intact."
"do you understand?"
Chen You kept kowtowing: "I understand, I understand."
He's a little overconfident.
During this time in the martial arts hall, he thought it was hard work, but he didn't expect that the emperor tamed him like a dog and regarded him as a pawn rather than a courtier.
In fact, it is also a good thing for a general like him. Being the emperor's loyal dog is always much better than being a courtier.
After all, the war is dangerous and he holds the military power. If the emperor is suspicious, he will be killed by an imperial edict.
Zhu Qiyu squinted at him and said, "You are a Han, not from the Western Regions. Do you know that?"
"I have never been to the Western Regions. I only know about the Ming Dynasty and not about foreign races!"
Chen You was worried that the emperor would doubt him.
If you doubt him, you won't let him lead the army.
His wish to become a marquis also came to nothing.
However, if he fights in the Mongolian way, he will not be scolded to death by the civil servants?
Zhu Qiyu saw through what he was thinking and sneered twice: "Although Hami once belonged to the Ming Dynasty, it was only on the map. The Ming Dynasty never actually controlled it."
"We Han people did once actually control the Western Regions, but it dates back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It has been 700 years since then."
"The Western Region at this time is no longer the Western Region of our Han people."
"You have to understand that your campaign this time is an external campaign."
"The Metropolitan Procuratorate does not dare to interrupt. Whoever dares to intercede for a foreign race, I will turn him into a foreign race and let him go to Hami and become a slave of the Hami people!"
"If you don't want to be a human, just be a dog."
Zhu Qiyu's tone softened slightly and he said again: "If you destroy the country and make meritorious service, I will grant you a title and ensure that your whole family will be rich and noble for generations to come."
"But you must also ensure that your soldiers will be rich and prosperous for generations to come. Your military exploits are based on them. They are all heroes of the Ming Dynasty and should not be buried in a foreign land!"
"When necessary, a servant army can be formed and ordered to fight."
"I give you the power."
"Although Kou Shen is a civil servant, he is not a pedantic person. I will write a secret edict to warn him. If he dares to fart, I will let him attack the city!"
Chen You kowtows like a chicken pecking at rice.
For this reason, how dare he not obey the emperor's words?
Kou Shen, he was born as a serious Jinshi, respected both civil and military officials, and was a confidant of the emperor. Who does he, Chen You, count?
"I brought 3 people with me, and I will definitely bring 3 people back with me!" Chen You kowtowed.
I'm afraid it won't be easy to annex Hami without dying.
As for annexing Turpan in one fell swoop, don’t even think about it.
If you want to cover thousands of miles of territory, you have to ignore the sacrifice of soldiers. Anyway, Chen You wants the position of marquis, so he doesn't care how many people die.
But the emperor cares!
Chen You was really frightened. His beard and hair were all white, and his beard was trembling at the moment.
Seeing that he took it to heart, Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief: "Normal battle damage is allowed."
"But bring more doctors, treat him in time, try to survive, and bring him back!"
"If the rear is not peaceful and there is a risk of being intercepted and cut off, I allow you to massacre the city."
Chen You didn't dare to respond.
The emperor is really a lunatic. If you expand like this, you will be infamy for the rest of your life.
"Go, get organized, and leave Beijing tomorrow to recruit troops in Shanxi and Ningxia."
Chen You kowtowed before exiting tremblingly.
Zhu Qiyu stood in front of the map and looked at the maps of Hami and Turpan: "Give Duke Wei and Duke Ding an order to contact the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. The central government will allow those who cannot speak Chinese to be slaves and let them do the slave trade."
Feng Xiao saw that the emperor was trying to cut off Hami's roots.
He couldn't figure out why Hami had offended the emperor?
They look different and are difficult to rule. They can only enter the Ming Dynasty as slaves and slowly assimilate.
Becoming a slave does not mean letting people die, but letting them be Chineseized.
Appearance issues and skin color issues will eventually arise, so we must be careful.
"Feng Xiao, do I have white skin?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.
Feng Xiao was surprised: "Your Majesty has fair skin and handsome appearance, just like Zou Ji and Pan An."
Zhu Qiyu glanced at him: "Stop flattering me, I'm just talking about skin color. Go get a mirror."
Soon, a eunuch came over with a glass mirror.
"Feng Xiao, do you think the Xiyi who serves in the palace has a fair complexion?" Zhu Qiyu asked as he looked in the mirror.
The Fo Langji people that Liu Zhenhai escorted to Beijing were all castrated and left to serve in the palace.
Feng Xiao was surprised: "This servant looks at them like ghosts. I don't dare to look at them. How can I know if they are white or not?"
When will you feel that you are not white enough?
When did you feel that only white skin is the best?
Who instilled this idea?
"Here are two of them, take a look."
But Fu Yuan, who was waiting on the side, said: "Your Majesty, the Western ghost is indeed a little whiter than us, but it looks like a ghost. I can't see what's good about it."
Just as he was talking, two Xiyi slaves knelt at the door of the palace.
The waiter took a look and found that his skin tone was indeed lighter than his own.
Some palace maids compared their skin colors and actually felt ashamed of themselves. White skin was more beautiful.
But they don't even look at it. After taking off the makeup, does the white skin really look good?
"Do you think such a person will obey my rule?" Zhu Qiyu asked in a low voice.
Feng Xiao exclaimed: "Then Hami people look like this?"
"It has nothing to do with Hami. They are people from the Far West. They are under the rule of Hulagu. Sooner or later, I will be included in the Ming Dynasty."
This is to add glory to Hulagu. Hulagu ruled at most Eastern Europe, and Folangji was in Western Europe, separated by hundreds of thousands of miles.
"Your Majesty, if the Yi people look like this and don't understand the language of heaven, how can they obey your Majesty's rule?" Fu Yuan thought it was impossible.
Feng Xiao doesn't think so either.
Na Xiyi just kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and asked them to go down and continue learning Chinese.
What is it like to serve in the palace but not speak the words of heaven?
"I read Taizu's records. When Taizu re-established the Chinese robes, the Central Plains was already overrun with lustful people, especially Fujian, which was already full of lustful people."
"As for the Western Yi, their appearance is still different from that of the Semu people."
"Tell me, can people with such different looks coexist in the same country?"
Zhu Qiyu didn't say where those lustful people had gone.
Fu Yuan thinks not.
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, can you let them marry me, a Chinese woman, and we can marry their women and merge with each other..."
Before he finished speaking, Fu Yuan shouted sharply: "How can a ghost marry someone? How can I, a Chinese girl, associate with beasts?"
Feng Xiao saw the emperor's expression becoming even colder.
"My slave made a mistake, my slave made a mistake!" Feng Xiao quickly kowtowed.
"There are still four classes of people in the Yuan Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty rules all countries, and naturally they are divided into two classes. Do you think a noble daughter from a powerful family will marry a slave?"
Feng Xiao kowtowed and begged for sin.
Chinese girls are never allowed to marry foreigners!
Zhu Qiyu smiled suddenly: "But you are right." "Can a Chinese man marry a foreign woman..."
"Tsk, tsk, it would be nice if there was poisonous gas. If all the men who look different from China were poisoned to death, the world would be at peace."
The words were whispered.
But everyone in the palace heard it, and the emperor was really crazy.
"However, the court officials are all saints. They are willing to exploit the people of their own country, but they treat the barbarians like gods. It is ridiculous, extremely ridiculous."
Zhu Qi Yusen smiled coldly: "By the way, how is Wang Yue's immigration?"
And in southern Zhili.
The strategic point of the Yangtze River, Jingjiang Island, was captured by a group of uninvited guests.
This group of Japanese pirates actually passed through the blockades at the mouth of the Yangtze River and entered the Neijiang River. They also unknowingly eliminated the Jingjiang Guards and occupied Jingjiang Island.
Jingjiang Island is bounded by Taixing to the north, Jiangyin to the south, Yangzhong Island to the west, and beyond Yangzhong is Dantu. Dantu is the most important town on the river east of Nanjing, and is always on guard against Japanese pirates entering Nanjing.
As long as Dantu is captured, there will be no danger to defend on the Nanjing River.
Song Wei led the navy to dispatch troops, and happened to pass by Jingjiang Island. He did not land on the island, but sent a letter ordering Jingjiang Guards to send out a thousand naval troops.
Then Song Wei crossed Jingjiang Island.
He will be stationed on Chongming Island.
There are sand and rocks near Chongming Island, which prevents ships from entering the Yangtze River.
There are four islands in Chongming, where Chongming Shasuo, Changshasuo, Sanshasuo and Nanshasuo are stationed respectively.
Just a few months ago, Song Wei recaptured Chongming Island, expelled the pirates Sha Defeng and others, and set up a fort on the island. As long as a ship entered the Yangtze River, it would fire cannons and sink them.
He landed on Chongming Island.
Call thousands of households from several places.
Because the soldiers and generals in South Zhili were stretched thin, they were actually assigned to one thousand households instead of one hundred households. Each thousand-household station had only three hundred households and only 300 people.
"Jiang Yu, how did Songjiang Mansion get lost?"
Song Weiwen's territory covers thousands of households in Nansha.
Jiang Yu is a man who grew up by the sea. He has dark skin and a thin build. He speaks in a strong Wu Nong language: "The pirates came and went like the wind, and they immediately took over Songjiang Mansion..."
"fart!"
Song Weiwei said angrily: "I have placed three guards and more than a dozen thousand-household units, a total of 5000 people! There are artillery along the coast, and there are artillery in each city. How can we just say it is gone? There is not even a sound. Did you hear that?”
Jiang Yu's eyes flashed.
He is the closest to Songjiang Mansion, so there is no way he can't hear the slightest noise.
"If you don't tell the truth, I'll fuck you!"
Jiang Yu was afraid of Song Wei's official power: "I heard, and my subordinates also heard, that the commander of the Chuansha Guards, Yang Jimi, rebelled..."
"what?"
Song Wei was shocked: "Yang Jimi? How is that possible?"
Three generations of Yang Jimi's family have been in the army. His grandfather followed Xinguo Gong Tang Hepingwo. He took up the post in the third year of Jingtai and served as the commander of the Chuansha Guards. He had a long history of military exploits and was even praised by the emperor.
How could such a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, with a great future, rebel?
Jiang Yu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and cried: "I just heard about it!"
"Who said that?" Song Wei looked around at the others.
Several generations of households lowered their heads.
"You know that too?"
Song Wei was anxious and picked up the fish: "You said that Yang Jimi rebelled, so the commanders of other guard posts and hundreds of households also rebelled?"
"grown ups!"
Jiang Yu cried and said, "I heard what Deng Qianhu from Baoshan said."
Deng Li's ancestor was also a subordinate of Tang He. He was the fourth generation and a distinguished minister.
Although Baoshan Office is only a thousand-household office, it has 2000 people and is the most important town in Suzhou Prefecture.
"Tell me everything you know!"
Jiang Yu said that the commander of the Chuansha Guards, Yang Jimi, had long been liaising with the Japanese pirates and doing business at sea. This time the Japanese pirates attacked Songjiang Mansion at night, and it was he who opened the Chuansha Guards and let the Japanese pirates into Songjiang.
Song Wei frowned: "Even if Yang Jimi rebels, he will only open the Chuansha Guard. What about the Qingcun Guard and the Jinshan Guard?"
"I don't know, I don't know. Anyway, the Songjiang Mansion was lost strangely and suddenly!" Jiang Yu said he didn't know.
Song Wei calmed down. He had about 5000 men and only [-] naval troops. He would land at Baoshan and enter Songjiang Prefecture by land.
"Take a rest today and go with me to quell the invaders tomorrow!"
Song Wei couldn't sleep the whole night.
And at night, he heard a rustling sound.
"Who is outside!" Song Wei called the guard in, but there was no answer.
Realizing something was wrong, he turned over and sat up, tiptoeing to the door.
He lived in a room in Chongming House.
They are all newly built and very crude.
He held the sword and pushed open the door. The night stars outside were sparse, and the guard came over and knelt on the ground: "Sir, there was something strange in the grass opposite. I want to go check it out."
"Light on."
Song Wei asked people to light lamps and count his things.
He carried the imperial edict, the Emperor's Sword, and the most important royal command flag.
By using the King's Order Flag, soldiers from other provinces can be mobilized. It says that troops from Southern Zhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi can be mobilized.
This thing is more important than his own life. Once lost, his entire Song family will die!
"Sir, have you lost something?" The guard is Song Wei's servant and can be trusted.
Song Wei shook his head: "Something's not right. Why does everything on Chongming Island look so weird? As soon as it gets dark, we'll order our troops and set out immediately. We can't delay here."
The guard promised.
Nothing was lost, but his token had been turned over.
This is the waist card of the garrison.
"Yuande!"
Song Wei suddenly shouted.
The guard came back: "What can I do, sir?"
"Yuan De, I have a bad feeling. I'll write a letter overnight and ask you to go to Zhongdu with your badge from the garrison mansion and ask Ren Li to take charge of Nanjing City."
Song Yuande was stunned for a moment, but then he knelt on the ground: "Sir, if the villain leaves, what will happen to your safety?"
Song Yuande was highly skilled in martial arts and was a servant of the Song family. He was a die-hard loyalist of the Song family.
Protect Song Wei with you.
"My safety is a trivial matter, nothing should happen to Nanjing City!"
"That's it."
"You can leave as soon as I finish writing the letter."
Song Wei suddenly regretted that he should have listened to Chen Wuyang's advice at that time. He should have stayed in Nanjing City instead of rushing to Songjiang Mansion!
But now that he is here, it would be unreasonable for him not to go to Songjiang Mansion.
You can only work and be polite.
Ren Li had the experience of sitting in Nanjing, and he could control the Nanjing courtiers.
"Young man, let's go now!" Song Yuande had no choice but to kowtow and agree.
"Take more people and make sure to ask Ren Li to lead troops to Nanzhili. You must!"
Song Wei immediately wrote a letter, and then ordered Song Yuande to quietly leave Chongming Island, disembark from Haimen, go north to Shanghai, and take a boat from Hai'an to Fengyang.
Soon after dawn, the soldiers had just finished their meal. Song Wei ordered his troops to land from Baoshan and entered Songjiang Prefecture on the way. The first place was Shanghai.
The corpse pillows I saw were mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The scene was appalling.
Song Wei choked with sobs in his eyes: "Search to see if there are any living people! Where did those beasts go!"
Shanghai is located inland and has been ravaged into this state.
What about coastal areas such as Chuansha, Nanhui, Qingcun, and Jinshan?
"Yang Jimi, if you really dare to betray the Ming Dynasty and open the coastal pass city, I will definitely punish your nine tribes!"
Song Wei had tears in his eyes.
However, not a single survivor was found.
In Shanghai County, there is no one left!
Songjiang Prefecture was located in Huating. He immediately sent his troops across the Huangpu River and rushed to Huating. Finally, he heard the cry of killing in Huating.
"Huating is not broken yet, Huating is not broken yet!"
Song Wei asked people to speed up, and the 9000 people galloped away.
Huating was built on the bank of the Huangpu River. While the boat was going up the river, it saw many corpses flowing down the river.
Many women are not fully clothed.
Men and children were disemboweled.
Some bodies hit the boat, and blood spattered on the boat, which was very miserable.
The entire river was stained red with blood and choked with corpses.
The boat was moving and the bodies needed to be pushed away with oars, which was even more tragic.
"Beasts!"
Song Wei's eyes turned red: "No Japanese pirates who come ashore are allowed to enter the sea!"
The boat branch is close to Huating.
What they saw was that the city was in ruins, countless animals were killing people inside the city, and the unarmed people were reduced to pigs and dogs, and were hacked to death.
Bang!
Song Wei fired his gun into the sky and roared: "Kill them all! Leave no one behind!"
But the Japanese pirates were frightened by the sudden sound of gunfire.
Turning around suddenly, he saw nine thousand elite soldiers, like wolves and tigers, rushing into Huating with guns and firing guns at the Japanese pirates.
"what!"
The Japanese pirates, who were originally extremely ferocious, collapsed in an instant under the strong vitality of the Ming army.
Many people knelt down and begged for surrender.
"Kill them all! No prisoners!" Song Wei roared.
Some of these Japanese pirates were Japanese, but most of them were from the Ming Dynasty. They were thieves on the sea.
Soon, the Japanese pirates in Huating were wiped out.
Song Wei rushed into the Huating County government office. The county magistrate's face was covered with blood, but he was not dead. When he saw Song Wei, he burst into tears: "Sir, save Huating!"
Song Wei wanted to kill him directly!
The whole city is dead, why are you still alive?
"Why are there only a few thousand Japanese pirates here? Where are the rest?" Song Wei was still confused about the Japanese pirates in Songjiang Prefecture.
"The lower official doesn't know, the lower official doesn't know!" The county magistrate shook his head.
Song Wei suppressed his anger: "How did these Japanese pirates get ashore? Where are the Huating Qianhu Station stationed in Huating? Where is Liu Jinyong?"
"The lower official doesn't know, the lower official doesn't know!" The county magistrate kept shaking his head, already frightened.
"I'll ask you again, I have heavy artillery in Huating, and I have ordered you to prepare sufficient defense equipment. How could the city be defeated? Can't you hold on for two days?" Song Wei asked again.
Huating is the administrative seat of Songjiang Prefecture and the largest city in Songjiang Prefecture.
Shanghai County did not have that many defensive equipment, so it was conquered.
Huating shouldn’t!
If there were tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, it would be understandable if they conquered Huating. The problem was only a few thousand people!
Was it broken in the blink of an eye?
"The lower official doesn't know, the lower official doesn't know!" The county magistrate kept shaking his head.
"Damn it, you don't even know what I'm asking you, how did you become a county magistrate?"
Song Wei looked fierce and put a bludgeon directly on the magistrate's forehead: "Everyone in the county is dead, why didn't you die?"
"Ah!" The county magistrate cried in horror.
"I just know how to cry, I just know how to cry!"
Song Wei yelled: "How did you become the county magistrate? Huh?"
The county magistrate just cried.
Besides begging for mercy, I just cried.
Bang!
Song Wei fired directly.
The lead pierced his head, and the magistrate's eyes widened. Unexpectedly, Song Wei, who was guarding South Zhili, actually opened fire on the magistrate?
You are Wu and I am Wen. If you dare to kill me, do you want to rebel?
"Everyone in the county is dead, so you should die too!"
Song Weigun didn't move his head away: "Not only are you going to die, your whole family is going to die! All nine of your clans are going to die!"
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
He fired three muskets in succession, shattering his skull.
Then he walked out of the lobby with the gun in hand and looked around: "Go and ask, which direction did the Japanese pirates run to? Where is the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture?"
Song Wei unfolded the map and found that the Japanese pirates were in Huating, indicating that the city to the west of Huating could still be saved.
"come..."
Song Wei stopped again. He did not have a general who was responsible for his duties. There was one general before, and Guo Sheng was lent to Wang Cheng.
If he divides his troops, there will be no one general who can take charge of his own role. If he sends them out, they will be defeated by the Japanese pirates one by one. It is better not to send them at all.
Just talking.
The soldiers came in with a man wearing a blue official robe. He was injured all over and knelt on the ground: "Master Guards, the Master Magistrate has died for his country!"
"you are?"
"The lower official is the General Magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture, Liu Qing!"
Song Wei had heard of this name, and Tongjian was an official of the sixth rank.
"Please get up, there are still doctors in the army, and they will treat you later."
Song Wei saw the injuries on his body, his tone softened slightly, and asked: "Do you know how many Japanese pirates there are? Where have they gone?"
Liu Qing shook her head and cried, "I don't know anything."
He wiped his tears with his sleeve.
Song Wei frowned slightly and asked again: "Huating has a heavy army, how could it lose the city?"
"Yes, it's Liu Jinyong from Qianhu. He had an affair with the Japanese pirates and opened the city gate to the Japanese pirates!" Liu Qing cried.
Song Wei was shocked: "Liu Jinyong?"
Liu Qing was very sure: "The prefect is guarding the city with us, Liu Jinyong is in charge of the north gate, and the north gate was the first to be breached, and Liu Jinyong also disappeared!"
"Maybe Liu Jinyong died for his country?" Song Wei thought it was impossible.
Because Liu Jinyong was the person he brought from the capital.
Liu Jinyong was also a distinguished minister. Several generations of his ancestors had served the Ming Dynasty, and his character was not in question.
"It's impossible. There are heavy artillery at the north gate. No matter how powerful the Japanese pirates are, they can't defeat the heavy artillery!"
This is true.
The heavy artillery was installed by him personally. At that time, he never thought that there would be a war so soon. Huating should have four heavy artillery, but the court did not allocate so many, so only one for each city. Line addition.
"Why does Liu Jinyong guard the north gate?" Song Wei asked.
Liu Jinyong is a military general, so he should leave the best-defended city gate to others.
Liu Qing only said that it was assigned by the prefect.
He wiped his tears with his sleeve again.
Song Wei was thinking, with Yang Jimi before him and Liu Jinyong behind him, all the generals he had personally placed had problems?
"What day did this happen?" Song Wei suddenly asked.
"yesterday."
What happened yesterday, the Japanese pirates are still massacring the city today. The people of Huating are really capable of killing them.
The Japanese invaders massacred the city, for what purpose?
Shouldn't they grab the first wave and run away?Aren't you afraid that Song Wei will lead his troops?
This thing is so weird.
Just as he was talking, one of his men came to report: "Sir, Qingpu City is not broken! Please rescue quickly!"
Song Wei's eyes lit up: "Quick, gather the troops and rescue Qingpu immediately!"
He asked Liu Qing to temporarily help find survivors and resettle the people.
He didn't bother to rest or eat.
There is no waterway from Huating to Qingpu, so you have to travel by foot.
But rescue is urgent.
Song Wei also gave up his horse, shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and rode away.
I ran for two full hours.
Tan Ma in front reported that the Japanese pirates who attacked Qingpu withdrew, bypassed Qingpu, and swam towards Suzhou Prefecture.
"Damn it!"
Song Wei was so tired that his legs were stiff and he ordered the soldiers to rest where they were.
On this hot day, we ran for two hours. If the conditions we saw on the road were not so miserable, the soldiers would have collapsed long ago.
Everyone is holding their breath to avenge the brothers and sisters of Songjiang Mansion.
Most of these soldiers are from South Zhili, so they naturally regard the people from Songjiang Prefecture as hometown people. If they are from North Zhili, who cares whether they live or die.
It was already dark.
It was difficult to travel at night, so Song Wei could only set up camp and bury pots to cook.
As a result, news came again at night that Qingpu City was under attack and asked for rescue.
After finally surviving until dawn, he quickly sent his troops to Qingpu. Under the city, there were still blood stains from the siege, but the city was not broken and the Japanese pirates disappeared.
After asking, I found out that the Japanese pirates were heading west.
"The Japanese pirates' destination is Changzhou?" Song Wei couldn't figure it out either.
The nearest Suzhou Prefecture city to Qingpu is Qiandun, and Changzhou is the seat of Suzhou Prefecture.
According to the Qingpu County Magistrate, the number of Japanese pirates was about [-].
Japanese pirates must not be released into Suzhou Prefecture.
Song Wei followed the Japanese pirates into Suzhou Prefecture and sent detective horses to investigate. As a result, Qiandun City was not invaded by the Japanese pirates.
Song Wei opened the map: "We were not in Qiandun, but we went west again. Did we go to Dianshan Lake?"
"The Japanese pirates are leading the guard by the nose. What are they doing?"
"He did not rob, but instead mediated in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. Why?"
He turned back to Dianshan Lake.
No Japanese pirates were found in Dianshan Lake.
The Japanese pirates seemed to have disappeared out of thin air!
"It's not right, it's not right!"
Song Wei has been led by the nose for several days.
But he couldn't even catch the shadow of the Japanese pirates.
"Not in Qingpu, not in Dianshan Lake, not yet in Qiandun, how could [-] Japanese pirates fly out of thin air?"
Song Wei was puzzled.
The 9000 people he led were all exhausted physically and mentally. They had been running in circles for several days without fighting a single battle, and their feet were covered with blood blisters.
In the hot weather, hundreds of soldiers suffered from heat stroke.
Song Wei was also tortured. He felt nauseous in his stomach and had a buzzing pain in his head. This was a sign of heat stroke. He drank a few water and saw beads of sweat on his face, but he took out a handkerchief and gently dipped the sweat on his face.
Suddenly thought of a person!
Liu Qing, the general judge of Songjiang Prefecture, wiped his tears with his sleeves.
"Sleeves, wipe away tears?"
Song Wei looked at his sleeves, which were very dirty.
He was born into a noble family and was born into a noble family.
He was usually pampered, and even when he was drinking tea, he was served by people who cheered him in front of him. How could he wipe the sweat with his dirty sleeves?
This is a habit developed by noble people. No matter how bad the environment is, his habit of pampering will not change.
Where is Liu Qing?
If he remembered correctly, Liu Qing was born as a Jinshi!
A Jinshi must not come from a poor family, and his family must be well-off. The servants are also cheering for him. How could he wipe his tears with blood-stained sleeves?
Noble people will not wipe their tears with their sleeves!
No matter how clean the sleeves are, they will never be like this!
This is very rude behavior!
Deep-rooted habits will never change!
"Liu Qing, Liu Qing has a problem!"
Song Wei took a few more sips of water: "That Liu Qing must be a fake and a Japanese pirate! Did he stay in Huating County to mislead me?"
"He told me that it was Liu Jinyong who opened the city gate and led the Japanese pirates into the city."
"is fake."
"But why did he take such a big risk to tell me this information?"
"Making me distrust Liu Jinyong? Or distrust my people?"
Song Wei's head was dizzy and he felt sick in his stomach. He really had a heat stroke.
He asked the soldiers to fetch a basin of water. He wanted to wash his face and wake up. It was not the time to fall down yet.
"Why did Liu Qing stay?"
Song Wei couldn't figure it out and had no time to think: "If Liu Qing is fake, Liu Jinyong is a loyal minister."
"Similarly, where is Yang Jimi from Chuanshawei?"
"If Yang Jimi is a loyal minister, then there is something wrong with Jiang Yu who told me this news!"
“Hundreds of households on the four islands of Chongming have problems!”
"Similarly!"
"Where is the magistrate of Qingpu?"
"If Liu Qing is fake, will Qingpu County Magistrate be fake too?"
"I've been looking for the Japanese pirates for several days but couldn't find them. Are they hiding in Qingpu City?"
Song Wei's mind was very confused.
His mind became heavier and heavier, and the more he thought about it, the more pain he felt, as if he was going to explode.
Suddenly, his head hit and he fainted.
The soldiers nearby exclaimed.
Fortunately, the army brought a doctor with him. After diagnosis, it was determined that Song Wei had suffered from heat stroke. He immediately boiled medicine for him and fed him something to drink.
When Song Wei woke up, he found that it was already dark: "How many days has it been?"
"Sir, you have only been asleep for two hours."
"so far so good."
Song Wei wanted to get up: "Go back to Qingpu, go back to Qingpu!"
"Sir, your health has not improved yet..."
Song Wei interrupted the doctor: "It's too late. The officials in Qingpu are fake. The Japanese pirates are hiding in Qingpu City. There is no one left in Qingpu City!"
The doctor was shocked. Although he didn't understand military affairs, he couldn't imagine what Song Wei said.
Is there no one left in Qingpu?
But they came from Qingpu a few days ago. Is there anyone there?
You don't talk nonsense, do you?
"The Japanese pirates must be pinned down in Qingpu City. We cannot let them continue to attack the city and seize territory. We cannot let more people suffer!"
Song Wei got up from the bed and saw the military officials coming in. He immediately asked: "How much military rations are left?"
The military officer heard that Song Wei had woken up. As soon as he entered the house he was building, he saw Song Wei asking and replied: "There is still half a month's supply left."
"Throw it away and order the soldiers to carry only three days of rations."
"Let's go back to Qingpu immediately!"
Song Wei held on to the wooden pillar and trembled: "Give me the order to rest today and set off at dawn! Bring all the equipment, there will be a big battle soon!"
"Sir, what about your body?"
Song Wei waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, I can hold on, but I must warn the soldiers not to take off their armor, not to take off their armor!"
The military officer looked troubled: "Sir, it's too hot today. I can't wear armor at all..."
"Now I am ordering all armies and soldiers to put on their armor immediately without taking off their armor at night!" Song Wei's face was pale and it was very difficult to speak.
"Follow the order!"
The military officials have just left.
Some soldiers shouted to attack the camp, and the whole camp instantly became chaotic!
Song Wei felt like he was being hit by a hammer, but he remained calm in the face of danger: "Come here, put on my armor and raise my flag."
"Send orders to all armies not to cause chaos. The flag is here and the general is here!"
"The army is no match for our army!"
"The Ming army is victorious!"
The map has been uploaded, let’s go check out the Easter egg chapter.
(End of this chapter)
The imperial edict reached Shandong.
At the same time, new artillery was delivered to equip the warships.
The Ordnance Bureau can be said to be the most mysterious department of the Ming Dynasty. The garrison troops were temporarily drawn from the various armies in the Beijing camp and were constantly rotated. Soldiers and craftsmen were not allowed to talk to each other, and the highest level of confidentiality was enforced.
In fact, there are only a few important officials in the court who have ever entered the Arms Bureau.
Two years after the Ordnance Bureau was established, the emperor invested millions of taels of silver and inestimable materials. He also gave all the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau their status as craftsmen and allowed one of his sons to enter the Imperial Academy.
It can be said that it is taken seriously.
As for the effectiveness, only the emperor himself knows.
The new artillery was loaded from the capital, escorted by the canal guard army, disembarked in Ye County, Laizhou Prefecture, and handed over to Xiang Zhong.
There are also craftsmen from the Ordnance Bureau who personally debug and equip the warships and teach the navy how to use them.
Bang bang bang!
Cannonballs exploded on the sea.
Instead of the solid bullets used in the past, blooming bullets were used.
Because the explosive bullet is a hollow iron ball filled with gunpowder and a reed is used as a twister. If it is used on water, it will be ineffective if water enters it.
The Ordnance Bureau made improvements, turning the iron ball into a sealed one, igniting the fireball in the barrel first, then igniting the cannon, and firing it out with the cannon, so that it can explode on the water.
Xiang Zhong's eyes flashed with excitement: "Is this an artillery piece invented by the Ordnance Bureau?"
The craftsman's name was Shi Wu, and he said with an amused smile: "No, it's a dismantling of the Fo Lang machine cannon. After it was copied by the Ordnance Bureau, it was improved. The rifling of the cannon is shorter, and it will become inaccurate if it is used too many times, and it cannot be connected continuously." Our Ordnance Bureau has changed the internal structure so that it can fire continuously, but it has increased the weight of the artillery..."
Although Xiang Zhong didn't quite understand, he still nodded.
"Sir, when you use it, you must remember that we have thickened the barrel. After firing a round of artillery, the barrel must be cooled down quickly, otherwise the barrel will be distorted, or even crack or explode. The thickness of the barrel The speed has reached its maximum, if it is any thicker, it will not be launched."
Shi Wu said seriously: "You can only fire continuously after the temperature has cooled down. Our Ordnance Bureau has practiced and can deploy even numbers of artillery. One shot to cool down, the other to fire..."
He explained the tactics to Xiang Zhong in detail.
Xiang Zhong also noticed that the medium-sized warships were equipped with four cannons, while the cannons carried by small warships were different from these. They were old-fashioned cannons.
The emperor specially approved a thousand new artillery pieces, and sent them to the garrison stations along the coast of Shandong Province.
There are also a thousand old-fashioned artillery pieces, mostly equipped on small warships.
Except for artillery.
There is also a new type of musket called a musket, which is actually a matchlock gun.
This is also made based on the Fo Lang machine gun.
Xiang Zhong holds the gun with one hand, holds the handle with the other, puts his finger on the trigger, and gently pulls the trigger to fire the lead.
"This gun is also used by the Folangji people?" Xiang Zhong is not a rough guy.
He was born as a legitimate Jinshi. He was a Jinshi for seven years and left the post of deputy envoy and patrol envoy to Guangdong.
His experience is also quite legendary. He was captured during the Tumubao Incident and escaped after stealing a horse. He walked for seven days and nights before escaping back to Xuanfu.
The emperor was very discerning and promoted him exceptionally, which aroused opposition from the court at that time.
As a result, Xiang Zhong used his political achievements to tell everyone that he was capable of both civil and military affairs and had the qualifications to be a famous commander.
"Sir, it is true that it was adapted from the Folang machine gun, but the fire gun made by the Ordnance Bureau is more sophisticated and has a higher hit rate; and, look at this lead, our lead can be used in humid environments. "
Shi Wu took a piece of lead, spit it out, then loaded it in and shot it directly.
"Isn't this meant for water battles?" Xiang Zhong's eyes lit up.
"That's right, our blunderbuss is heavier and more powerful than the Folan blunderbuss, and it's easier to load matchlocks. Look at this ammunition bag..."
Shi Wu took out a gauze sewn with cloth and put it on his shoulders. There were places for lead on the front and back.
"Hang it on the soldier, and after the shot is fired, you can step back and reload it yourself."
"You can carry lead with you and it doesn't take up much space."
"The fire cannons of our Ordnance Bureau are more powerful than the Fo Lang machine fire cannons."
Shi Wu looked proud.
Xiang Zhong could see that Shi Wu was not afraid of officials, and even had an indescribable sense of superiority.
Xiang Zhong doesn't care about these things, as long as the guns and artillery are easy to use.
Xiang Zhong asked his soldiers to try their guns.
Guns are good, but the problem is that they are given less.
The emperor only gave two thousand bird guns, and the old gun gave him ten thousand, each with one hundred lead pieces.
After Xiang Zhong tried the gun, he was reluctant to part with it, so he simply kept one for himself.
He asked the emperor to write a secret memorandum, and begged the emperor to allocate more, and it would be better to add a batch of lead.
So if the Folangji firearm is so powerful, is it possible to attack the Ming Dynasty?
The imperial court should exchange trade with Folangji and send envoys to Folangji to learn firearms.
Xiang Zhong wrote all his doubts into a memorial and submitted it.
Another emperor would not read these secret memorials.
But Zhu Qiyu not only knew how to read it, he also read it very carefully. He would echo each letter in his own hand.
Zhu Ying took charge of Jinan Prefecture, while Xiang Zhong organized troops in Laizhou Prefecture.
Xiang Zhong has two armies, Beiwei Army and Jing Haijun. He can be said to be the No. 1 in the dynasty and is in charge of both armies.
He has already informed the Central Committee, asking the Central Committee to choose another person to take charge of the Beiwei Army.
Waiting for approval from the center.
He estimated that the emperor should hesitate whether he should be in charge of the army or the navy, so he did not issue an imperial edict for a long time.
The Beiwei army was controlled by civilian officials, so he guessed that when the emperor sent someone, he also sent Zhang Gu.
Zhang Gu is an old man, steady and good at commanding troops.
In fact, Xiang Zhong was also thinking about whether he should be a famous general or a famous minister?
If you want to be a famous general, should you develop in the direction of foot riding?Or become a famous navy general?
The Ming Dynasty was short of naval generals and had many famous generals on foot and cavalry. Xiang Zhong could not enter the Wenwu Temple on foot and cavalry.
The emperor asked Zheng He to enter the Martial Arts Temple, making it clear that he wanted to develop the navy.
Xiang Zhong is good at everything, so it's fine to let him control the navy. With his great skills in the navy, he can enter the martial arts temple.
When Xiang Zhong was thinking about the future.
Zhu Ying, governor of Shandong.
At this moment, the refugees are not settled in Jinan Prefecture, but in Qingzhou Prefecture.
Shandong has the largest number of refugees.
Since he supervised Shandong, he has carried out continuous suppression and pacification. So far, 140 million refugees have been resettled and 30 have been sent to Rehe.
At the beginning of this year, the capital gradually immigrated to Shandong from Beizhili, and successively resettled about 40 people.
Today, the number of people registered in Dingkou in Shandong has reached 400 million.
After allocating acres of land, the Chief Secretary of Shandong built a large number of houses and gave them to the refugees, as well as seeds and farm tools, all funded by the central government and given to the refugees.
Immigrants were given more land and seeds.
The local original people will be exempted from taxes for an additional three years, which is equivalent to the original people being exempted from taxes for six years.
The thieves, bandits, and robbers scattered throughout Shandong were all wiped out by Xiang Zhong. Anyone who committed a crime in the local area would be imprisoned in the light case and exiled in the serious case.
In the second half of this year, Shandong has reached the point where households are not closed at night.
Zhu Ying sent memorials one after another to the central government and received constant praise from the emperor.
With this political achievement, he can jump into the cabinet.
however.
He is not without means.
It is almost impossible to stay open at night, but Shandong really did it.
Because Zhu Ying enforced the law on fishing, local officials were allowed to fish.
Even for the sake of immigration, people from all over the country reported false cases, and the government wanted to arrest them. When the arrests were severe, those who looked like thieves were exiled to Rehe.
So the people were frightened.
You don’t even dare to walk on the street. How can you dare to steal things?
Zhu Ying even secretly ordered people not to close their doors and wait for thieves to steal or robbers to come, but in the end no one was caught.
It has become a land of peach blossoms in Shandong that never closes its doors at night.
Zhu Ying's methods were used in many places. The central government turned a blind eye and even the emperor commended Zhu Ying, which also encouraged the whole country to follow Zhu Ying's example.
Although Zhu Ying practiced strict laws, he would do anything to achieve his goals.
But when he divided the land, he won the hearts of Shandong people.
He divided the land, not based on head, mechanically dividing the land equally.
Instead, after measuring all the land, based on the current population, we can calculate how many children will be born in the future and how many children can be fed by how much land.
How many children can the next generation have? Taking all factors into account, we can calculate the total population that Shandong can accommodate.
This is how the land is divided.
For example: A man will marry a wife and have children in the future. He will give birth to three sons and three daughters, which is a family of eight.
He wanted to divide the land according to eight people.
These eight people, the mother, and the three girls do not need to occupy the land, because the girls do not take the land with them when they marry.
After the father died, it became three brothers, sharing the land for a family of eight. Even if productivity increased, the three brothers could only get enough land to marry and have one child.
According to Zhu Ying's statistics, based on current productivity, Shandong can accommodate a maximum population of 1000 million.
400 million people, the next generation will exceed 1000 million.
Nowadays, land abandonment is serious, and it will take several years to cultivate and cultivate the land, so Zhu Ying gave one person the land in one go and divided the land among nine people.
Women do not distinguish between places.
There are about 160 million men in Shandong.
The land divided among nine people is just over 1000 million.
It can alleviate land pressure within 20 years.
After the population surges, the court will either increase productivity or find ways to immigrate.
This is not Zhu Ying's business.
As for land annexation and natural disasters, Zhu Ying has nothing to do with him.
Zhu Ying just wants his current political achievements.
To this end, he also wrote a memorial to request the central government's permission, which aroused heated discussions in the Fengtian Palace. The approval and opposition discussions were very intense. In the end, the emperor made the decision to let Zhu Ying's land division method be implemented nationwide.
Everyone in Shandong was naturally grateful for Zhu Ying's favor.
Shandong's great governance is only a matter of time.
The artillery coming out of the capital still has a way to go to Fuzhou, Liaoning.
Liang Yue has been in Fuzhou for more than a year.
The Fuzhou Shipyard has been built. He trains the navy every day, and some naval tactics are sent to him from the center.
He studies every day. Although he is not a naval general, he has adapted to the wind and waves on the sea.
Liang Yue is a smart man, he knows how to transform.
Based on the current situation in the court, military commanders will have three forms in the future:
One is the cavalry commander, heading west.
The second is the southern general, who uses natives to fight mountain warfare and expand territory in the direction of Annan.
The third is the navy, exploring further places.
Liang Yue believed that as a cavalry general, he was not as good as Fan Guang, Wang Yue, Yang Xin, Li Jin and others, and as a southern general, he was not as good as Fang Ying, Ou Xin, Tao Cheng and others.
The Ming Dynasty is most in need of naval officers. If he becomes a naval general instead, his future prospects will definitely be brighter. It is impossible to say that he will be honored as a prince and enter the martial arts temple!
Now, the only channel that connects Liang Yue to the outside world is Di Bao.
All the newspapers issued by the capital would be delivered on time. He read the newspapers every day to pass the time. He also set up a printing factory in the shipyard, where he printed the newspapers of the capital and sold them to shipwrights and soldiers to make a little money.
The imperial edict came from the capital, and at the same time a batch of artillery arrived in Fuzhou.
Liang Yue moved his body: "Your Majesty, has he finally remembered Wei Chen? Since he wants to be a general, he must fight well and let the center see what I, Liang Yue, am capable of!"
He received news that Xiang Zhong had led his fleet to sail across the Bohai Sea from Laizhou to Fuzhou.
And in the Yangxin Hall.
Zhu Qiyu is summoning Chen You.
"Old general, I once promised you that you would personally lead the troops to regain your hometown. After you succeed, I will give you a knighthood!"
Zhu Qiyu looked at the gray-haired Chen You, feeling a little anxious in his heart.
After the death of this generation of famous generals, will there be any famous generals in the Ming Dynasty?
Famous generals like Chen You.
In the Yongle Dynasty, he was not ranked at all, but he lived long enough to become a famous general in the Jingtai Dynasty.
Compared with the famous generals who founded the country, they are at best unknown.
But what about after Jingtai Dynasty?
Yu Qian and Fan Guang are dead, who can take their place?
So Zhu Qiyu was worried. Without a famous general to lead the army, how could he ensure victory in every battle?How can we expand our territory?
"Old minister, thank you for your kindness!" Chen You had tears in his eyes.
Since he was ordered back to the capital last year, he has been in the martial arts hall. Although he served as the governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, it was just a passing thing. Only the title can be passed down.
He has been waiting.
But there are too many things to do in the court, and the Western Region is too far away. When will it be his turn to lead the army on an expedition?
Unfortunately, due to food problems, he was unable to conquer Ulliangha this year, which gave him the opportunity to annex Hami.
His eyes flickered. He only annexed one Hami, and it was impossible to become a marquis!
He is not willing to accept the title of Uncle!
None of his descendants are successful, and the mere position of earl cannot make his family rich forever. He must find a way out for his descendants at the end of his life.
Become a Marquis!I also want to be granted the title of Shihou!
It's his obsession!
After annexing Hami, he wants to destroy another country, annex Turpan, and even attack Yili with force!
Also within reach is the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!
If you destroy two kingdoms, you will be granted a title of prince. If you destroy three kingdoms, you will definitely be promoted to the throne!
If he could open up new territories for the Ming Dynasty, he would have no regrets for the rest of his life!
"I promise to annex Hami and Turpan before the freeze this year!" Chen You did not dare to make decisions without authorization. He needed His Majesty's support.
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "At the court meeting, we only said that Hami would be annexed. We should be gentle with Hami first, and then annex Turpan."
"His Majesty!"
Chen You knelt on the ground: "Although Hami is rich, it is weak. The domestic forces are complex and on the verge of disintegration. If the Ming Dynasty wants to annex Hami, it can only send an envoy and there is no need to mobilize an army!"
"And Turpan is the throat of the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions."
"The old minister was studying Chen Cheng's Western Regions in the lecture hall every day, and learned that the internal power struggle in Turpan was getting fierce. It was also ravaged by the Oara and Timur cavalry, which showed that Turpan had no soldiers to fight."
"I only need [-] cavalry and three months of food to annex Hami and Turpan."
"I am willing to expand our territory thousands of miles for the Ming Dynasty!"
Chen You kowtowed respectfully.
Yes, Hami and Turpan are both weak countries.
Except for Daming, everyone else bullies them. They used to bully Daming. They were really bullied by the soft and scared by the hard.
It was back to the time of their demise.
Zhu Qiyu did not expect that Chen You wanted to become a marquis.
It is understandable that the descendants of the Chen family have no talents. His son Chen Neng, who is nearly fifty years old, cannot do anything in literature or military affairs.
The eldest grandson, Chen Gang, is also a drunkard.
If Chen You doesn't work hard, his family will soon be abandoned by Ming Dynasty.
Look at those Xunchen families who have lost their pillars. The emperor simply ignores them. Without the Sacred Heart, life is not smooth. How can we talk about wealth?
"The old general has such ambitions, I agree with him!"
Zhu Qiyu said: "But don't force it. The main thing is to preserve strength. The country can only annex Hami. Turpan is just the fat on the lips of the country. It can be eaten sooner or later. There is no need to rush."
Thank you Chen respectfully.
"Get up."
Zhu Qiyu said: "In this battle, you are the main one and Kou Shen is the secondary one."
"Remember, it is not easy to train Ming cavalry. The lives of our Ming army are very precious and cannot be wasted casually. We can learn the Mongolian siege method."
Chen You's pupils shrank.
When the Mongols attacked a city, they first robbed the nearby people and kept the goods for themselves, then drove the people to attack the city and consumed the defenders' siege equipment. When the enemy's morale was about to collapse, they rushed into the city and massacred it.
"Do you understand?" Zhu Qiyu stared at him and asked.
Chen You is a veteran leader of the army, but this kind of strategy is not to regain his homeland, but to sow the seeds of hatred!
"Chen You."
Zhu Qiyu said in a deep tone: "Do you know how much it costs me to train a soldier?"
"The annual cost of food and clothing is 6 taels of silver, and the equipment is 40 taels of silver. Because it is a recruitment system, when the soldiers retire, they will also be rewarded with a sum of retirement money."
"It's a full budget. It will cost me 110 taels of silver in ten years."
"Besides, this is an infantry, what about cavalry? Five times more!"
"The Ming Dynasty has 200 million soldiers! More than [-] cavalry!"
"How much money do you think I need to spend?"
"If one person dies, I will pay 550 taels of silver."
"Not talking about money, how do you want me to explain to their families?"
"When a soldier dies, the Ming Dynasty will have a widow, a family will be missing a father, and the people will be missing a labor force."
"How should I have the face to treat these orphans and widowed mothers!"
Zhu Qiyu said: "I did not send you to go out to fight to be benevolent. Your military exploits must not be trampled on my soldiers!"
"Otherwise, I will chop off your dog's head!"
Pfft!
Chen You was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "I know my mistake, I know my mistake!"
In a daze, he seemed to see the fierce Emperor Taizong.
But Emperor Taizong only cared about merit and not about human lives.
Emperor Jingtai didn't care about human lives either, but he didn't care about the lives of foreigners.
"I don't care how many people die in Hami and Turpan."
"I don't care how much money you robbed."
"But my soldiers are dead, and I can't explain it to the people in the world!"
Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "Although I have never led an army in battle, I am familiar with the art of war."
"On the battlefield, only your own people are the most reliable. In Hami and Turpan, you have no supplies in the rear, and you only rely on the [-] Han people in your hands!"
"They are your roots. If one of them dies, you will be in even greater danger outside the territory."
"Take them away and bring them back to me intact."
"do you understand?"
Chen You kept kowtowing: "I understand, I understand."
He's a little overconfident.
During this time in the martial arts hall, he thought it was hard work, but he didn't expect that the emperor tamed him like a dog and regarded him as a pawn rather than a courtier.
In fact, it is also a good thing for a general like him. Being the emperor's loyal dog is always much better than being a courtier.
After all, the war is dangerous and he holds the military power. If the emperor is suspicious, he will be killed by an imperial edict.
Zhu Qiyu squinted at him and said, "You are a Han, not from the Western Regions. Do you know that?"
"I have never been to the Western Regions. I only know about the Ming Dynasty and not about foreign races!"
Chen You was worried that the emperor would doubt him.
If you doubt him, you won't let him lead the army.
His wish to become a marquis also came to nothing.
However, if he fights in the Mongolian way, he will not be scolded to death by the civil servants?
Zhu Qiyu saw through what he was thinking and sneered twice: "Although Hami once belonged to the Ming Dynasty, it was only on the map. The Ming Dynasty never actually controlled it."
"We Han people did once actually control the Western Regions, but it dates back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It has been 700 years since then."
"The Western Region at this time is no longer the Western Region of our Han people."
"You have to understand that your campaign this time is an external campaign."
"The Metropolitan Procuratorate does not dare to interrupt. Whoever dares to intercede for a foreign race, I will turn him into a foreign race and let him go to Hami and become a slave of the Hami people!"
"If you don't want to be a human, just be a dog."
Zhu Qiyu's tone softened slightly and he said again: "If you destroy the country and make meritorious service, I will grant you a title and ensure that your whole family will be rich and noble for generations to come."
"But you must also ensure that your soldiers will be rich and prosperous for generations to come. Your military exploits are based on them. They are all heroes of the Ming Dynasty and should not be buried in a foreign land!"
"When necessary, a servant army can be formed and ordered to fight."
"I give you the power."
"Although Kou Shen is a civil servant, he is not a pedantic person. I will write a secret edict to warn him. If he dares to fart, I will let him attack the city!"
Chen You kowtows like a chicken pecking at rice.
For this reason, how dare he not obey the emperor's words?
Kou Shen, he was born as a serious Jinshi, respected both civil and military officials, and was a confidant of the emperor. Who does he, Chen You, count?
"I brought 3 people with me, and I will definitely bring 3 people back with me!" Chen You kowtowed.
I'm afraid it won't be easy to annex Hami without dying.
As for annexing Turpan in one fell swoop, don’t even think about it.
If you want to cover thousands of miles of territory, you have to ignore the sacrifice of soldiers. Anyway, Chen You wants the position of marquis, so he doesn't care how many people die.
But the emperor cares!
Chen You was really frightened. His beard and hair were all white, and his beard was trembling at the moment.
Seeing that he took it to heart, Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief: "Normal battle damage is allowed."
"But bring more doctors, treat him in time, try to survive, and bring him back!"
"If the rear is not peaceful and there is a risk of being intercepted and cut off, I allow you to massacre the city."
Chen You didn't dare to respond.
The emperor is really a lunatic. If you expand like this, you will be infamy for the rest of your life.
"Go, get organized, and leave Beijing tomorrow to recruit troops in Shanxi and Ningxia."
Chen You kowtowed before exiting tremblingly.
Zhu Qiyu stood in front of the map and looked at the maps of Hami and Turpan: "Give Duke Wei and Duke Ding an order to contact the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. The central government will allow those who cannot speak Chinese to be slaves and let them do the slave trade."
Feng Xiao saw that the emperor was trying to cut off Hami's roots.
He couldn't figure out why Hami had offended the emperor?
They look different and are difficult to rule. They can only enter the Ming Dynasty as slaves and slowly assimilate.
Becoming a slave does not mean letting people die, but letting them be Chineseized.
Appearance issues and skin color issues will eventually arise, so we must be careful.
"Feng Xiao, do I have white skin?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.
Feng Xiao was surprised: "Your Majesty has fair skin and handsome appearance, just like Zou Ji and Pan An."
Zhu Qiyu glanced at him: "Stop flattering me, I'm just talking about skin color. Go get a mirror."
Soon, a eunuch came over with a glass mirror.
"Feng Xiao, do you think the Xiyi who serves in the palace has a fair complexion?" Zhu Qiyu asked as he looked in the mirror.
The Fo Langji people that Liu Zhenhai escorted to Beijing were all castrated and left to serve in the palace.
Feng Xiao was surprised: "This servant looks at them like ghosts. I don't dare to look at them. How can I know if they are white or not?"
When will you feel that you are not white enough?
When did you feel that only white skin is the best?
Who instilled this idea?
"Here are two of them, take a look."
But Fu Yuan, who was waiting on the side, said: "Your Majesty, the Western ghost is indeed a little whiter than us, but it looks like a ghost. I can't see what's good about it."
Just as he was talking, two Xiyi slaves knelt at the door of the palace.
The waiter took a look and found that his skin tone was indeed lighter than his own.
Some palace maids compared their skin colors and actually felt ashamed of themselves. White skin was more beautiful.
But they don't even look at it. After taking off the makeup, does the white skin really look good?
"Do you think such a person will obey my rule?" Zhu Qiyu asked in a low voice.
Feng Xiao exclaimed: "Then Hami people look like this?"
"It has nothing to do with Hami. They are people from the Far West. They are under the rule of Hulagu. Sooner or later, I will be included in the Ming Dynasty."
This is to add glory to Hulagu. Hulagu ruled at most Eastern Europe, and Folangji was in Western Europe, separated by hundreds of thousands of miles.
"Your Majesty, if the Yi people look like this and don't understand the language of heaven, how can they obey your Majesty's rule?" Fu Yuan thought it was impossible.
Feng Xiao doesn't think so either.
Na Xiyi just kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and asked them to go down and continue learning Chinese.
What is it like to serve in the palace but not speak the words of heaven?
"I read Taizu's records. When Taizu re-established the Chinese robes, the Central Plains was already overrun with lustful people, especially Fujian, which was already full of lustful people."
"As for the Western Yi, their appearance is still different from that of the Semu people."
"Tell me, can people with such different looks coexist in the same country?"
Zhu Qiyu didn't say where those lustful people had gone.
Fu Yuan thinks not.
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, can you let them marry me, a Chinese woman, and we can marry their women and merge with each other..."
Before he finished speaking, Fu Yuan shouted sharply: "How can a ghost marry someone? How can I, a Chinese girl, associate with beasts?"
Feng Xiao saw the emperor's expression becoming even colder.
"My slave made a mistake, my slave made a mistake!" Feng Xiao quickly kowtowed.
"There are still four classes of people in the Yuan Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty rules all countries, and naturally they are divided into two classes. Do you think a noble daughter from a powerful family will marry a slave?"
Feng Xiao kowtowed and begged for sin.
Chinese girls are never allowed to marry foreigners!
Zhu Qiyu smiled suddenly: "But you are right." "Can a Chinese man marry a foreign woman..."
"Tsk, tsk, it would be nice if there was poisonous gas. If all the men who look different from China were poisoned to death, the world would be at peace."
The words were whispered.
But everyone in the palace heard it, and the emperor was really crazy.
"However, the court officials are all saints. They are willing to exploit the people of their own country, but they treat the barbarians like gods. It is ridiculous, extremely ridiculous."
Zhu Qi Yusen smiled coldly: "By the way, how is Wang Yue's immigration?"
And in southern Zhili.
The strategic point of the Yangtze River, Jingjiang Island, was captured by a group of uninvited guests.
This group of Japanese pirates actually passed through the blockades at the mouth of the Yangtze River and entered the Neijiang River. They also unknowingly eliminated the Jingjiang Guards and occupied Jingjiang Island.
Jingjiang Island is bounded by Taixing to the north, Jiangyin to the south, Yangzhong Island to the west, and beyond Yangzhong is Dantu. Dantu is the most important town on the river east of Nanjing, and is always on guard against Japanese pirates entering Nanjing.
As long as Dantu is captured, there will be no danger to defend on the Nanjing River.
Song Wei led the navy to dispatch troops, and happened to pass by Jingjiang Island. He did not land on the island, but sent a letter ordering Jingjiang Guards to send out a thousand naval troops.
Then Song Wei crossed Jingjiang Island.
He will be stationed on Chongming Island.
There are sand and rocks near Chongming Island, which prevents ships from entering the Yangtze River.
There are four islands in Chongming, where Chongming Shasuo, Changshasuo, Sanshasuo and Nanshasuo are stationed respectively.
Just a few months ago, Song Wei recaptured Chongming Island, expelled the pirates Sha Defeng and others, and set up a fort on the island. As long as a ship entered the Yangtze River, it would fire cannons and sink them.
He landed on Chongming Island.
Call thousands of households from several places.
Because the soldiers and generals in South Zhili were stretched thin, they were actually assigned to one thousand households instead of one hundred households. Each thousand-household station had only three hundred households and only 300 people.
"Jiang Yu, how did Songjiang Mansion get lost?"
Song Weiwen's territory covers thousands of households in Nansha.
Jiang Yu is a man who grew up by the sea. He has dark skin and a thin build. He speaks in a strong Wu Nong language: "The pirates came and went like the wind, and they immediately took over Songjiang Mansion..."
"fart!"
Song Weiwei said angrily: "I have placed three guards and more than a dozen thousand-household units, a total of 5000 people! There are artillery along the coast, and there are artillery in each city. How can we just say it is gone? There is not even a sound. Did you hear that?”
Jiang Yu's eyes flashed.
He is the closest to Songjiang Mansion, so there is no way he can't hear the slightest noise.
"If you don't tell the truth, I'll fuck you!"
Jiang Yu was afraid of Song Wei's official power: "I heard, and my subordinates also heard, that the commander of the Chuansha Guards, Yang Jimi, rebelled..."
"what?"
Song Wei was shocked: "Yang Jimi? How is that possible?"
Three generations of Yang Jimi's family have been in the army. His grandfather followed Xinguo Gong Tang Hepingwo. He took up the post in the third year of Jingtai and served as the commander of the Chuansha Guards. He had a long history of military exploits and was even praised by the emperor.
How could such a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, with a great future, rebel?
Jiang Yu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and cried: "I just heard about it!"
"Who said that?" Song Wei looked around at the others.
Several generations of households lowered their heads.
"You know that too?"
Song Wei was anxious and picked up the fish: "You said that Yang Jimi rebelled, so the commanders of other guard posts and hundreds of households also rebelled?"
"grown ups!"
Jiang Yu cried and said, "I heard what Deng Qianhu from Baoshan said."
Deng Li's ancestor was also a subordinate of Tang He. He was the fourth generation and a distinguished minister.
Although Baoshan Office is only a thousand-household office, it has 2000 people and is the most important town in Suzhou Prefecture.
"Tell me everything you know!"
Jiang Yu said that the commander of the Chuansha Guards, Yang Jimi, had long been liaising with the Japanese pirates and doing business at sea. This time the Japanese pirates attacked Songjiang Mansion at night, and it was he who opened the Chuansha Guards and let the Japanese pirates into Songjiang.
Song Wei frowned: "Even if Yang Jimi rebels, he will only open the Chuansha Guard. What about the Qingcun Guard and the Jinshan Guard?"
"I don't know, I don't know. Anyway, the Songjiang Mansion was lost strangely and suddenly!" Jiang Yu said he didn't know.
Song Wei calmed down. He had about 5000 men and only [-] naval troops. He would land at Baoshan and enter Songjiang Prefecture by land.
"Take a rest today and go with me to quell the invaders tomorrow!"
Song Wei couldn't sleep the whole night.
And at night, he heard a rustling sound.
"Who is outside!" Song Wei called the guard in, but there was no answer.
Realizing something was wrong, he turned over and sat up, tiptoeing to the door.
He lived in a room in Chongming House.
They are all newly built and very crude.
He held the sword and pushed open the door. The night stars outside were sparse, and the guard came over and knelt on the ground: "Sir, there was something strange in the grass opposite. I want to go check it out."
"Light on."
Song Wei asked people to light lamps and count his things.
He carried the imperial edict, the Emperor's Sword, and the most important royal command flag.
By using the King's Order Flag, soldiers from other provinces can be mobilized. It says that troops from Southern Zhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi can be mobilized.
This thing is more important than his own life. Once lost, his entire Song family will die!
"Sir, have you lost something?" The guard is Song Wei's servant and can be trusted.
Song Wei shook his head: "Something's not right. Why does everything on Chongming Island look so weird? As soon as it gets dark, we'll order our troops and set out immediately. We can't delay here."
The guard promised.
Nothing was lost, but his token had been turned over.
This is the waist card of the garrison.
"Yuande!"
Song Wei suddenly shouted.
The guard came back: "What can I do, sir?"
"Yuan De, I have a bad feeling. I'll write a letter overnight and ask you to go to Zhongdu with your badge from the garrison mansion and ask Ren Li to take charge of Nanjing City."
Song Yuande was stunned for a moment, but then he knelt on the ground: "Sir, if the villain leaves, what will happen to your safety?"
Song Yuande was highly skilled in martial arts and was a servant of the Song family. He was a die-hard loyalist of the Song family.
Protect Song Wei with you.
"My safety is a trivial matter, nothing should happen to Nanjing City!"
"That's it."
"You can leave as soon as I finish writing the letter."
Song Wei suddenly regretted that he should have listened to Chen Wuyang's advice at that time. He should have stayed in Nanjing City instead of rushing to Songjiang Mansion!
But now that he is here, it would be unreasonable for him not to go to Songjiang Mansion.
You can only work and be polite.
Ren Li had the experience of sitting in Nanjing, and he could control the Nanjing courtiers.
"Young man, let's go now!" Song Yuande had no choice but to kowtow and agree.
"Take more people and make sure to ask Ren Li to lead troops to Nanzhili. You must!"
Song Wei immediately wrote a letter, and then ordered Song Yuande to quietly leave Chongming Island, disembark from Haimen, go north to Shanghai, and take a boat from Hai'an to Fengyang.
Soon after dawn, the soldiers had just finished their meal. Song Wei ordered his troops to land from Baoshan and entered Songjiang Prefecture on the way. The first place was Shanghai.
The corpse pillows I saw were mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The scene was appalling.
Song Wei choked with sobs in his eyes: "Search to see if there are any living people! Where did those beasts go!"
Shanghai is located inland and has been ravaged into this state.
What about coastal areas such as Chuansha, Nanhui, Qingcun, and Jinshan?
"Yang Jimi, if you really dare to betray the Ming Dynasty and open the coastal pass city, I will definitely punish your nine tribes!"
Song Wei had tears in his eyes.
However, not a single survivor was found.
In Shanghai County, there is no one left!
Songjiang Prefecture was located in Huating. He immediately sent his troops across the Huangpu River and rushed to Huating. Finally, he heard the cry of killing in Huating.
"Huating is not broken yet, Huating is not broken yet!"
Song Wei asked people to speed up, and the 9000 people galloped away.
Huating was built on the bank of the Huangpu River. While the boat was going up the river, it saw many corpses flowing down the river.
Many women are not fully clothed.
Men and children were disemboweled.
Some bodies hit the boat, and blood spattered on the boat, which was very miserable.
The entire river was stained red with blood and choked with corpses.
The boat was moving and the bodies needed to be pushed away with oars, which was even more tragic.
"Beasts!"
Song Wei's eyes turned red: "No Japanese pirates who come ashore are allowed to enter the sea!"
The boat branch is close to Huating.
What they saw was that the city was in ruins, countless animals were killing people inside the city, and the unarmed people were reduced to pigs and dogs, and were hacked to death.
Bang!
Song Wei fired his gun into the sky and roared: "Kill them all! Leave no one behind!"
But the Japanese pirates were frightened by the sudden sound of gunfire.
Turning around suddenly, he saw nine thousand elite soldiers, like wolves and tigers, rushing into Huating with guns and firing guns at the Japanese pirates.
"what!"
The Japanese pirates, who were originally extremely ferocious, collapsed in an instant under the strong vitality of the Ming army.
Many people knelt down and begged for surrender.
"Kill them all! No prisoners!" Song Wei roared.
Some of these Japanese pirates were Japanese, but most of them were from the Ming Dynasty. They were thieves on the sea.
Soon, the Japanese pirates in Huating were wiped out.
Song Wei rushed into the Huating County government office. The county magistrate's face was covered with blood, but he was not dead. When he saw Song Wei, he burst into tears: "Sir, save Huating!"
Song Wei wanted to kill him directly!
The whole city is dead, why are you still alive?
"Why are there only a few thousand Japanese pirates here? Where are the rest?" Song Wei was still confused about the Japanese pirates in Songjiang Prefecture.
"The lower official doesn't know, the lower official doesn't know!" The county magistrate shook his head.
Song Wei suppressed his anger: "How did these Japanese pirates get ashore? Where are the Huating Qianhu Station stationed in Huating? Where is Liu Jinyong?"
"The lower official doesn't know, the lower official doesn't know!" The county magistrate kept shaking his head, already frightened.
"I'll ask you again, I have heavy artillery in Huating, and I have ordered you to prepare sufficient defense equipment. How could the city be defeated? Can't you hold on for two days?" Song Wei asked again.
Huating is the administrative seat of Songjiang Prefecture and the largest city in Songjiang Prefecture.
Shanghai County did not have that many defensive equipment, so it was conquered.
Huating shouldn’t!
If there were tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, it would be understandable if they conquered Huating. The problem was only a few thousand people!
Was it broken in the blink of an eye?
"The lower official doesn't know, the lower official doesn't know!" The county magistrate kept shaking his head.
"Damn it, you don't even know what I'm asking you, how did you become a county magistrate?"
Song Wei looked fierce and put a bludgeon directly on the magistrate's forehead: "Everyone in the county is dead, why didn't you die?"
"Ah!" The county magistrate cried in horror.
"I just know how to cry, I just know how to cry!"
Song Wei yelled: "How did you become the county magistrate? Huh?"
The county magistrate just cried.
Besides begging for mercy, I just cried.
Bang!
Song Wei fired directly.
The lead pierced his head, and the magistrate's eyes widened. Unexpectedly, Song Wei, who was guarding South Zhili, actually opened fire on the magistrate?
You are Wu and I am Wen. If you dare to kill me, do you want to rebel?
"Everyone in the county is dead, so you should die too!"
Song Weigun didn't move his head away: "Not only are you going to die, your whole family is going to die! All nine of your clans are going to die!"
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
He fired three muskets in succession, shattering his skull.
Then he walked out of the lobby with the gun in hand and looked around: "Go and ask, which direction did the Japanese pirates run to? Where is the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture?"
Song Wei unfolded the map and found that the Japanese pirates were in Huating, indicating that the city to the west of Huating could still be saved.
"come..."
Song Wei stopped again. He did not have a general who was responsible for his duties. There was one general before, and Guo Sheng was lent to Wang Cheng.
If he divides his troops, there will be no one general who can take charge of his own role. If he sends them out, they will be defeated by the Japanese pirates one by one. It is better not to send them at all.
Just talking.
The soldiers came in with a man wearing a blue official robe. He was injured all over and knelt on the ground: "Master Guards, the Master Magistrate has died for his country!"
"you are?"
"The lower official is the General Magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture, Liu Qing!"
Song Wei had heard of this name, and Tongjian was an official of the sixth rank.
"Please get up, there are still doctors in the army, and they will treat you later."
Song Wei saw the injuries on his body, his tone softened slightly, and asked: "Do you know how many Japanese pirates there are? Where have they gone?"
Liu Qing shook her head and cried, "I don't know anything."
He wiped his tears with his sleeve.
Song Wei frowned slightly and asked again: "Huating has a heavy army, how could it lose the city?"
"Yes, it's Liu Jinyong from Qianhu. He had an affair with the Japanese pirates and opened the city gate to the Japanese pirates!" Liu Qing cried.
Song Wei was shocked: "Liu Jinyong?"
Liu Qing was very sure: "The prefect is guarding the city with us, Liu Jinyong is in charge of the north gate, and the north gate was the first to be breached, and Liu Jinyong also disappeared!"
"Maybe Liu Jinyong died for his country?" Song Wei thought it was impossible.
Because Liu Jinyong was the person he brought from the capital.
Liu Jinyong was also a distinguished minister. Several generations of his ancestors had served the Ming Dynasty, and his character was not in question.
"It's impossible. There are heavy artillery at the north gate. No matter how powerful the Japanese pirates are, they can't defeat the heavy artillery!"
This is true.
The heavy artillery was installed by him personally. At that time, he never thought that there would be a war so soon. Huating should have four heavy artillery, but the court did not allocate so many, so only one for each city. Line addition.
"Why does Liu Jinyong guard the north gate?" Song Wei asked.
Liu Jinyong is a military general, so he should leave the best-defended city gate to others.
Liu Qing only said that it was assigned by the prefect.
He wiped his tears with his sleeve again.
Song Wei was thinking, with Yang Jimi before him and Liu Jinyong behind him, all the generals he had personally placed had problems?
"What day did this happen?" Song Wei suddenly asked.
"yesterday."
What happened yesterday, the Japanese pirates are still massacring the city today. The people of Huating are really capable of killing them.
The Japanese invaders massacred the city, for what purpose?
Shouldn't they grab the first wave and run away?Aren't you afraid that Song Wei will lead his troops?
This thing is so weird.
Just as he was talking, one of his men came to report: "Sir, Qingpu City is not broken! Please rescue quickly!"
Song Wei's eyes lit up: "Quick, gather the troops and rescue Qingpu immediately!"
He asked Liu Qing to temporarily help find survivors and resettle the people.
He didn't bother to rest or eat.
There is no waterway from Huating to Qingpu, so you have to travel by foot.
But rescue is urgent.
Song Wei also gave up his horse, shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and rode away.
I ran for two full hours.
Tan Ma in front reported that the Japanese pirates who attacked Qingpu withdrew, bypassed Qingpu, and swam towards Suzhou Prefecture.
"Damn it!"
Song Wei was so tired that his legs were stiff and he ordered the soldiers to rest where they were.
On this hot day, we ran for two hours. If the conditions we saw on the road were not so miserable, the soldiers would have collapsed long ago.
Everyone is holding their breath to avenge the brothers and sisters of Songjiang Mansion.
Most of these soldiers are from South Zhili, so they naturally regard the people from Songjiang Prefecture as hometown people. If they are from North Zhili, who cares whether they live or die.
It was already dark.
It was difficult to travel at night, so Song Wei could only set up camp and bury pots to cook.
As a result, news came again at night that Qingpu City was under attack and asked for rescue.
After finally surviving until dawn, he quickly sent his troops to Qingpu. Under the city, there were still blood stains from the siege, but the city was not broken and the Japanese pirates disappeared.
After asking, I found out that the Japanese pirates were heading west.
"The Japanese pirates' destination is Changzhou?" Song Wei couldn't figure it out either.
The nearest Suzhou Prefecture city to Qingpu is Qiandun, and Changzhou is the seat of Suzhou Prefecture.
According to the Qingpu County Magistrate, the number of Japanese pirates was about [-].
Japanese pirates must not be released into Suzhou Prefecture.
Song Wei followed the Japanese pirates into Suzhou Prefecture and sent detective horses to investigate. As a result, Qiandun City was not invaded by the Japanese pirates.
Song Wei opened the map: "We were not in Qiandun, but we went west again. Did we go to Dianshan Lake?"
"The Japanese pirates are leading the guard by the nose. What are they doing?"
"He did not rob, but instead mediated in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. Why?"
He turned back to Dianshan Lake.
No Japanese pirates were found in Dianshan Lake.
The Japanese pirates seemed to have disappeared out of thin air!
"It's not right, it's not right!"
Song Wei has been led by the nose for several days.
But he couldn't even catch the shadow of the Japanese pirates.
"Not in Qingpu, not in Dianshan Lake, not yet in Qiandun, how could [-] Japanese pirates fly out of thin air?"
Song Wei was puzzled.
The 9000 people he led were all exhausted physically and mentally. They had been running in circles for several days without fighting a single battle, and their feet were covered with blood blisters.
In the hot weather, hundreds of soldiers suffered from heat stroke.
Song Wei was also tortured. He felt nauseous in his stomach and had a buzzing pain in his head. This was a sign of heat stroke. He drank a few water and saw beads of sweat on his face, but he took out a handkerchief and gently dipped the sweat on his face.
Suddenly thought of a person!
Liu Qing, the general judge of Songjiang Prefecture, wiped his tears with his sleeves.
"Sleeves, wipe away tears?"
Song Wei looked at his sleeves, which were very dirty.
He was born into a noble family and was born into a noble family.
He was usually pampered, and even when he was drinking tea, he was served by people who cheered him in front of him. How could he wipe the sweat with his dirty sleeves?
This is a habit developed by noble people. No matter how bad the environment is, his habit of pampering will not change.
Where is Liu Qing?
If he remembered correctly, Liu Qing was born as a Jinshi!
A Jinshi must not come from a poor family, and his family must be well-off. The servants are also cheering for him. How could he wipe his tears with blood-stained sleeves?
Noble people will not wipe their tears with their sleeves!
No matter how clean the sleeves are, they will never be like this!
This is very rude behavior!
Deep-rooted habits will never change!
"Liu Qing, Liu Qing has a problem!"
Song Wei took a few more sips of water: "That Liu Qing must be a fake and a Japanese pirate! Did he stay in Huating County to mislead me?"
"He told me that it was Liu Jinyong who opened the city gate and led the Japanese pirates into the city."
"is fake."
"But why did he take such a big risk to tell me this information?"
"Making me distrust Liu Jinyong? Or distrust my people?"
Song Wei's head was dizzy and he felt sick in his stomach. He really had a heat stroke.
He asked the soldiers to fetch a basin of water. He wanted to wash his face and wake up. It was not the time to fall down yet.
"Why did Liu Qing stay?"
Song Wei couldn't figure it out and had no time to think: "If Liu Qing is fake, Liu Jinyong is a loyal minister."
"Similarly, where is Yang Jimi from Chuanshawei?"
"If Yang Jimi is a loyal minister, then there is something wrong with Jiang Yu who told me this news!"
“Hundreds of households on the four islands of Chongming have problems!”
"Similarly!"
"Where is the magistrate of Qingpu?"
"If Liu Qing is fake, will Qingpu County Magistrate be fake too?"
"I've been looking for the Japanese pirates for several days but couldn't find them. Are they hiding in Qingpu City?"
Song Wei's mind was very confused.
His mind became heavier and heavier, and the more he thought about it, the more pain he felt, as if he was going to explode.
Suddenly, his head hit and he fainted.
The soldiers nearby exclaimed.
Fortunately, the army brought a doctor with him. After diagnosis, it was determined that Song Wei had suffered from heat stroke. He immediately boiled medicine for him and fed him something to drink.
When Song Wei woke up, he found that it was already dark: "How many days has it been?"
"Sir, you have only been asleep for two hours."
"so far so good."
Song Wei wanted to get up: "Go back to Qingpu, go back to Qingpu!"
"Sir, your health has not improved yet..."
Song Wei interrupted the doctor: "It's too late. The officials in Qingpu are fake. The Japanese pirates are hiding in Qingpu City. There is no one left in Qingpu City!"
The doctor was shocked. Although he didn't understand military affairs, he couldn't imagine what Song Wei said.
Is there no one left in Qingpu?
But they came from Qingpu a few days ago. Is there anyone there?
You don't talk nonsense, do you?
"The Japanese pirates must be pinned down in Qingpu City. We cannot let them continue to attack the city and seize territory. We cannot let more people suffer!"
Song Wei got up from the bed and saw the military officials coming in. He immediately asked: "How much military rations are left?"
The military officer heard that Song Wei had woken up. As soon as he entered the house he was building, he saw Song Wei asking and replied: "There is still half a month's supply left."
"Throw it away and order the soldiers to carry only three days of rations."
"Let's go back to Qingpu immediately!"
Song Wei held on to the wooden pillar and trembled: "Give me the order to rest today and set off at dawn! Bring all the equipment, there will be a big battle soon!"
"Sir, what about your body?"
Song Wei waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, I can hold on, but I must warn the soldiers not to take off their armor, not to take off their armor!"
The military officer looked troubled: "Sir, it's too hot today. I can't wear armor at all..."
"Now I am ordering all armies and soldiers to put on their armor immediately without taking off their armor at night!" Song Wei's face was pale and it was very difficult to speak.
"Follow the order!"
The military officials have just left.
Some soldiers shouted to attack the camp, and the whole camp instantly became chaotic!
Song Wei felt like he was being hit by a hammer, but he remained calm in the face of danger: "Come here, put on my armor and raise my flag."
"Send orders to all armies not to cause chaos. The flag is here and the general is here!"
"The army is no match for our army!"
"The Ming army is victorious!"
The map has been uploaded, let’s go check out the Easter egg chapter.
(End of this chapter)
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